Cowboys will sign Jon Kitna

With Tony Romo’s status uncertain for Sunday because of a back injury, the Cowboys needed a third quarterback to go with Kyle Orton on the roster.

There were reports about visits from David Carr, John Skelton and Tyler Thigpen, but the team has decided to go in a different direction. Per multiple reports, the team will sign Jon Kitna.

Kitna, who turned 41 in September, last played in the NFL with the Cowboys in 2011. He started nine games for them in 2010 when Romo broke his collarbone, so he’s familiar with Jason Garrett and at least some of the offense from his previous stint with the team. How much that familiarity would help if Kitna were actually pressed into action after almost two full years as a retiree is a question the Cowboys would surely prefer remain unanswered.

Kitna has been teaching and coaching in high school since retiring. Should the Cowboys win this weekend and advance to the playoffs, he may not be available when school reopens after the winter break.

The Cowboys should just trade Romo to a quarterback desperate team that has cap space and draft picks. How about the Jaguars? Yes Romo will be 34, but 4 years of Romo could give the Jaguars a few years of winning at least.

Merry Christmas Kitna. Sweet gig. He’ll make more money this weekend holding a clipboard than he’s made all year teaching and coaching. Then again there is risk he could get killed by the Eagles D-line if he actually sees any snaps.

WHAT! Wow! With his résumé, Kitna could have chose a cushy job as a HS coach in Texas, complete with fancy stadium, but he did the noble thing and stayed at his own alma mater in a gang and poverty afflicted area in order to help kids and change lives. NEVER expected him to lace up the cleats again!

Tebow did help to upset the Steelers that year in overtime, but the Broncos went down in flames the following week. That was an injury riddled Steelers club, not nearly the quality of the 2010 AFC Champs.

Did not see that coming. But I get it. Let’s face it if Orton goes down that’s the season anyway, so why not have a strong mentor behind Orton to try to boost the kids confidence instead of someone begging for one more shot at glory. Good call GM jones

deezenucks says:
Dec 24, 2013 9:36 PM
It’s pretty clear no one wants tebow in any capacity, but all you GM’s know better then the real ones. Can we give it a rest already?

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They probably do, talent wise anyways. Money management and everything that comes with that, most likely not. NFL is a fraternity, a who you know league, most of the gms don’t last five years, others shouldn’t last five years but do, and then there’s the few that are actually good at what they do. Point is you don’t necessarily get in by being good at the position. Same with coaching, look at Kyle.

Mr. Jones has three rings as a General Manager and had built one Dynasty. A first ballot Hall of Famer. Once again, he makes a masterful decision. Kitna knows the offense and can still play at the highest level. If needed he can come in and lead this team to yet another Superbowl victory. America’s Team.

What a Christmas gift for Kitna. He’ll make thousands of bucks for very little work, and he won’t even have to take a day off from his teaching job as he will be back home well before Christmas break ends.

The Cowboys need to win to get into the playoffs. When Tebow needed to win to get into the playoffs, he lost 3 straight, including 6-3 in the season finale against a bad Chiefs team. However, it’s not too late to erect a bunch of “WE WANT TEBOW” billboards all over Dallas, that should get him the job.

I would’ve tried to get Kurt Warner. Kitna’s not a bad choice since he’s familiar with the system they use in Dallas. Even though Garrett and Romo don’t use it half the time. If Romo’s out, all i can say is hand it off to Murray. He’s wearing #29. Eric Dickerson is my all time favorite running back. He wore #29. There’s magic in that number.

In my eye, Kitna just became a hero. A 41 year old willing to get beat up by mostly 25 year old guys 100 pounds heavier. And on top of that, he’s not taking a dime for his trouble, but donating every penny.